WW2 Daily Pic

Look at the kill rings on this beast. Its victims included tanks, aircraft, and even a ship. Wow!

Holy crap! That must've been quite the formidable Pak crew!

Destroyed or abandoned "King Tigers", Balaton operation , Hungary 1945, Balaton Lake

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Thrown into Lake Balaton German tank "Royal Tiger", pay attention to tank damage due to poor steel quality

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Destroyed or abandoned "King Tigers", Budapest operation, Hungary 1945

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The attack of German tanks "King Tiger" in the Hungarian city Polgardi
"King Tiger" carried out the attack on the city without proper infantry support, thus leading tank with number 133 was hit and burned camouflaged Soviet 57-mm gun ZIS-2

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Burnt German heavy tank "Royal Tiger" on the Samland Peninsula, on the mask gun visible horseshoe for luck,East Prussia 1945

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Note the sled. This tank nearly ran over it. Also, notice the extra armor on the roof of the turret, just above the mantlet. It looks like some kind of splatter shield against airburst. Anybody know for sure?

German soldiers during the battle of Stalingrad

Italian Propaganda Posters:


"Every day of fighting leads us to the destination"


"Defend her! She could be your mother, your wife, your sister, your daughter"


"To join the Italian SS Legion, Honor, Fidelity, Courage"


"For the honor, for the life, the Italian SS Legion"


"Ready, yesterday, today, tomorrow to fight for the Italian honor"


"Two people at war"






"Join the Italian SS Legion, Italy will redeem itself only with our weapons ready" I think that this translation sounds strange literally but the meaning is simply "Italy will redeem itself only fighting"


"Germany is truly your friend"


Literally means "Good blood doesn't lie" it's an italian proverb, it's similar to "The Apple doesn't fall far from the tree"


"Your friend?"

Italian Propaganda Posters: part 2


"Our duty is only one: take up arms"


"To every traitor, to every sabouteur"


"Join the Artillery against the aircrafts of the Air Force"


"Bersaglieri Italia division, i'm sure you will bring your division, which bear the name Italy, to the revival" That M on the right bottom is Mussolini's signature


"And you ... what are you doing?"


"April 7th 1944, Good Friday, Passion of Christ and Treviso"


"Bandits and Rebels, that's what you will deserve"

Infrared Halftrack. Vampir.

Adolf "Dolfo" Joseph Ferdinand Galland (19 March 1912 – 9 February 1996)was a German Luftwaffe general and flying ace who served throughout the Second World War in Europe. He flew 705 combat missions, and fought on the Western Front and in the Defense of the Reich. On four occasions, he survived being shot down, and he was credited with 104 aerial victories, all of them against the Western Allies.

Battle for the Mediterranean Sea:


Genoa Coastal Guns


HMS Liverpool, this ship took part in the battle of the Espero Convoy (1940)



Battle of Mers El Kebir


The Giulio Cesare (Italian battleship) during the battle of Punta Stilo (1940)


The Italian Destroyer "Artigliere" heavily damaged


The "Artigliere" Destroyer ammo deposit burned, thanks to a torpedo shot by the HMS York


Consequences of Taranto Raid (1940)


HMS Berwick, damaged during the battle of Capo Teulada (1940)


HMS Valiant, during the Operation Excess


The "Southampton" cruiser took part in the Operation Excess


Savoia - Marchetti SM79 taking part in the action


The Air Carrier "Ark Royal" and the HMS Himalaya moving toward Genoa


The shots ruined San Lorenzo Cathedral in Genoa


Damaged buildings in Piazza Colombo


Other damaged buildings


The Princess Maria Josè


A bullet that didn't explode. The writings mean "This shell, fired by the british fleet to crush the walls of this eminent cathedral, fell here, unxeploded, on February 19th 1941"

Suda Bay, the HMS York and the Pericles are burning







Pics of the battle of Cape Matapan


The Italian Destroyer "Lampo", the only "survivor" of the Tarigo Convoy


HMS Manchster, british troops sailing from Gibraltar


British soldiers on a merchant ship moving to Malta


HMS Manchester Sailors after the italian torpedoing


Italian torpedo bomber taken down near the Ark Royal


Halberd Convoy escorted by the Hermione, Hermione and Euryalus cruisers


HMS Prince of Wales


Italian Savoia-Marchetti SM79 torpedo bombers


HMS Lance


Trieste Heavy Cruiser

HMS Queen Elizabeth before the raid on Alexandria


HMS Welshman


SM79 Torpedo Bombers


HMS Cairo


HMS Bedouing sunk by an italian SM79 torpedo bomber


HMS Cleopatra


Littorio Battleship


133mm Guns of the Euryalus ready to fire


Mussolini inspects the sailors of the Littorio Battleship after the Operation Harpoon, in Italy is known as the battle of "Half June"


British convoy to Malta


The French navy sinks itself in Toulon


Italian Torpedo Boat Cassiopea

HMS Lance


Trieste Heavy Cruiser

Those are some cool skins!

133mm Guns of the Euryalus ready to fire


The French navy sinks itself in Toulon


Italian Torpedo Boat Cassiopea

Why do ships have the awkward uneven calibre sizes? 133mm? Wut?

Anyone know why the French sunk their navy?

Anyone know why the French sunk their navy?

Toulon, where the navy was statione, was to be taken by the allies soon. The French admirals were collaborators of course. so they had a few choices
1. fight the allies - losing battle, unneccessary French deaths
2. surrender/switch side, possibly/probably losing the command - losing your fleet and pride
3. scuttle their fleet - fuck it no one wins.

Legion Freies Indien or Infantry Regiment 950 (Indian) and later the Indian Volunteer Legion of the Waffen-SS (German: Indische Freiwilligen Legion der Waffen-SS), was a military unit raised during the Second World War in Nazi Germany. Intended to serve as a liberation force for British-ruled India, it was made up of Indian prisoners of war and expatriates in Europe. Because of its origins in the Indian independence movement, it was known also as the "Tiger Legion", and the "Azad Hind Fauj". Initially raised as part of the German Army, it was part of the Waffen-SS from August 1944. Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose initiated the legion's formation, as part of his efforts to win India's independence by waging war against Britain, when he came to Berlin in 1941 seeking German aid. The initial recruits in 1941 were volunteers from the Indian students resident in Germany at the time, and a handful of the Indian prisoners of war who had been captured during the North Africa Campaign. It would later draw a larger number of Indian prisoners of war as volunteers.
Though it was initially raised as an assault group that would form a pathfinder to a German-Indian joint invasion of the western frontiers of British India, only a small contingent was ever put to its original intended purpose. A hundred legionnaires were parachuted into eastern Iran under Operation Bajadere and infiltrated into Baluchistan Province to undertake sabotage operations, which they reportedly did successfully, but with insignificant effect. A small contingent, including much of the Indian officer corps and enlisted leadership, was transferred to the Indian National Army in South-East Asia. The majority of the troops of the Indian Legion were only ever stationed in Europe in non-combat duties, in the Netherlands and in France until the Allied invasion. They saw action in the retreat from the Allied advance across France, fighting mostly against the French Resistance. One company was sent to Italy in 1944, where it saw action against British and Polish troops and undertook anti-partisan operations.

Those are some cool skins!




Why do ships have the awkward uneven calibre sizes? 133mm? Wut?

Anyone know why the French sunk their navy?

Ahah, sure! The Trieste "skin" seems to be coming from a Relic skins contest!

About the HMS Euryalus, yes it had 10 133mm guns